PBEFACE. 



When, in 1902, the Expedition of the 8.S. •/>.•.... von.' muU'V (•Hj.inin S-ott. RN . 

 was sent to the Antarctic Kc-ions. the Trustees of tho British MuM-um k«v- tb«ir 

 assistance to this national enterprise l.y allowing ihc nisrs cnta.ini.R tl..- natural 

 history specimens which might l.e obtained by tho Kx|..Mliii..n to Ir. wnt to th«- 

 Natural History Museum for unpacking and sorting. Thoy furth.r undcrt.M.k U> 

 publish a detailed report on the collections so obtained, under tli.' 8Uperinten«lcii- • 

 of the Director of the Natural History Departments. 



Some of the most important collections have been dealt with by natunilii<tM wh" 

 were members of the Expedition. Thus, the Mammals and BiriU art? de.'wrilicil by 

 Dr. Edward A. Wilson, the Isopoda and Pyciio^oni'la by Mr. T. V. Ibnlgjion, and 

 the Kocks (in relation to Field Geology) by Mr. H. T. F<rr;ir. Other group« have 

 been dealt with by members of the staff of the Natural Hi-tury l).p«rtin>-ntH of 

 the British Museum: .Mr. Boulenger describes the Fishes; Mr. K. A. Smith, the 

 Gastropoda, Lamellibranchia, and Brachiopoda ; Mr. Jeffrey Ik-ll, tlu- Iv hincHb-rma ; 

 Dr. Cahnan, the Crustacea Decapoda, and the Ciima.-.a . Mr. Kirkpatrick. th. noi,. 

 calcareous Sponges; whilst Mr. G. T. Prior has prepared a i^jtrographicid .U-.H<-rii.tioii 

 of the Eock-specimens. 



It has been necessary to obtain the assi.staiue of other siHcialists in oi-br to deal 

 with the rest of the collections. So far as tb.' latter s»"'»"P "'' contributors is 

 concerned, the following is a list of the subject-matters, to^ctlu-r with the nauu- of tho 

 naturalist who has undertaken the work in each case ;— 



Embryos of Seals Dr. MuiUKiT Tims. 



AifATOMY OF Emperor Penguin . . . Mu. W. V. VYru.wr. 



TuNiCATA ....... Prof. Hkuuman. 



Cephalodiscds ...... 1^1^- lln>K\vooi). 



Cephalopoda ...... D>- Hovi.k. 



NUDIBRANCHS AND PtEROPODS . . . HlH ChARI.KS V^MoT, K.C.M.C5. 



Polyzoa . • Ts\r. 11. W. B« uuows. 



Eggs and Young of Astekias . . . Prof. MArBuinF.. 



AmPHIPODA • ^^- ^^- ^^- W.M.KKK. 



SCHIZOPODA • • • ■ ■ • ^^'^- "^^'•'• 



OSTRACODA 

 COPEPODA 



Prof. Brady. 

 Dr. Wolyenden. 



